3.5.4.2.2.2. Placement: Important rules
  • The connection point needs to point into the direction of a Revit reference plane (orientation of the Z-Axis). The exact placement (intersection of 3 reference planes in the Revit Family Template) is defined in the interface configuration.

  • To be able to place a component / assembly in Revit, a eCATALOGsolutions connection point with the corresponding orientation must be created in the project geometry at a specific position in the family and published via CNS Classification -> Class Placement Coordinate System (CNS_CP). See Section 3.5.4.2.2.4, “Classify placement connection point”.

  • In the case of geometrical variants the connection point must always hold a fixed position / orientation.

  • In the case of independent 3db files (for different LOG variants), the connection point has always to be at the identical, logical position within the geometry / the assembly.

  • For assemblies it is important that the part which contains the placement connection point is always available.

  • For assemblies, the placement connection point must not be in the "dummy start part", as this is not normally exported to CAD ( Part properties -> Do not export [No export] dialog) and is therefore not available for the assembly.

  • Only ONE Family Template may be assigned per eCATALOGsolutions project and only ONE placement connection point per 3DB (in the case of multiple 3dbs in a project).

    If multiple 3db files have to be assigned to a project, please make sure that there are not more "CNS_CP" assignments than 3db files.